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Training Runs

Hugging Trail Air

by Runner Susan on August 6, 2011

in Running,Trail Running,Training Runs

All of you who keep up with my blog know about our battle for clean air and water. These past few weeks the heat and the air have been particularly rank. We are on day 35 of 100+ degree weather – many days of which have been 105-110. On Tuesday of this week Peggy and [...]

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Bad Air Running

by Runner Susan on August 3, 2011

in Good Guys,Running,Training Runs

Yesterday I met up with my friend, Peggy, to make up a missed run. We weren’t a mile into our run before we ran into a plume that was so intense I was chocking back vomit. Four hours after filing a complaint with TCEQ the investigator arrived. Four hours later the smell wasn’t as bad [...]

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Eight Miles

by Runner Susan on July 30, 2011

in Running,Training Runs

So P and I got eight miles in this morning. Eight great miles I might add – except for part we ran through a plume of bad air near the Fuller Gas Wells. But geesh, only one stinky plume seems like a blessing these days . . . we usually hit 3 or more plumes. [...]

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Hook & Handbag Fest

by Runner Susan on March 12, 2010

in Handbag,Running Shoes,Shoes,Training Runs

I may have gone a little crazy with the hooks, but something had to be done with the handbags. So hooks all over the world was the solution. If you have a better solution for the March 2010 Closet Reorg, I’ll be happy take suggestions. I’ve even made room for new spring shoes & bags, [...]

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The long runs training for the Oklahoma City Marathon have been getting loooongerer, 19 miles this week, 21 miles next week, then 23, etc . . . you guys have been there, you know the drill.  So, last Saturday the Martini Twins© had 19-miles to run. And what a better way to run 19-miles than [...]

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Run Fun

by Runner Susan on January 25, 2010

in Friends,Martini Twins,Running,Training Runs

In preparations for the upcoming visit of the infamous Ms. Not Born to Run and Nod, I decided I better actually run and have some fun. And who else better to practice those skills with than my funner, runner and wine sipper friend/Martini Twin, Michelle! Saturday, we ran 13 miles in the rain – and [...]

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